02 May 2012

A child irons her "party dress" (1939)


The 1939 photo was labeled "Child of white migrant worker ironing in tent camp near Harlingen, Texas."  Click to supersize.

Found at Shorpy, where there are several relevant comments.

Credit: Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

4 comments:

  1. taraMay 2, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    A little off topic, but thank you for this link. I actually went there and after scanning pages upon pages of photograghs out of fascination, I found one that makes and absolutely perfect father's day gift for my dad.

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    1. MinnesotastanMay 2, 2012 at 2:27 PM

      I'm glad to hear that; one of my purposes in blogging is to steer readers to interesting sites.

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  2. AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    My guess would be little sister's party dress. What an amazing photo and site.

    Thanks for your fantastic blog.

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  3. girls dressesAugust 14, 2012 at 12:55 AM

    That was a sweet thing. Every child should already know simple things like ironing aside from playing.

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